Standards of Practice
Standards of Practice for Mental Health Nursing in Australia (May 1995)
These standards are a landmark document, they are our second edition and the concomitant document to clinical indicators in mental health nursing.
These standards represent best practice. They are over arching standards that may be used as a guide to developing protocols for practice in any specialised field of mental health nursing. They may be used in legal situations as examples of best practice and should be interpreted with expert advice. The standards represent practice of sufficient complexity to lead into the Advanced Practice Standard which reflects integrated and characterised skills.
These standards provide a framework for nurses to work in partnership with the consumer, colleagues, other health professionals, academics and management.
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Citing the Standards
The acmhn Inc owns the copyright to the Standards of Practice. They should not be altered in content. Reference to the College must be made whenever the Standards are cited.
Reference formats vary in convention. The following examples use the APA format:
Manuscript:
acmhn. (1995). Standards of Practice for Mental Health Nurses in Australia. Greenacres, South Australia: The Australian & New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses Inc.
On-line:
acmhn. (1995). Standards of Practice for Mental Health Nurses in Australia, [www]. The Australian & New Zealand Collesge of Mental Health Nurses Inc. Available: www.acmhn.org [2003, 13 Dec].
